Around here we called these "scoods" or "twist and go"
scarves. The original pattern was published in Canada's Fashion Machine magazine (no longer published), Issue
#53, October 1994, page 47. Original designer Audrey Wagenaar.

The pattern has evolved a bit since then, around here we tend to make it wider,
longer and in one strand of acrylic 2/16 or 2/24 (it's knit in double bed tuck). I really need a picture of someone
wearing it to do it justice!